氵, derived from 水, serves as semantic component to form characters. 氵 is an extremely important component because it can form more than one thousand characters. Characters formed by the component 氵 have to do with water such as 江河流海洋澡沐浴泪. Continue reading “氵 water”
Category: Character Components
亭 a pavilion
亭, a pictographic character of a pavilion, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. Most of the characters formed by the phonetic component 亭 are in the left-right structure with 亭 on the right side. Continue reading “亭 a pavilion”
爪 hand XIII
爪, a variant of 手✋, serves as a semantic component to form characters. Characters formed by the semantic component 爪 have to do with hand or actions of hand. Continue reading “爪 hand XIII”
束 tied firewood
束, originally tied firewood/wood/timber, serves as a phonetic component to form characters. 束 is compound ideograph. Continue reading “束 tied firewood”
Component eyebrow 眉
眉, originally eyebrow, serves as phonetic component. It’s a pictographic character. Continue reading “Component eyebrow 眉”